Ice Guardians Explained
Ice Guardians |
Director: | Brett Harvey |
Runtime: | 108 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Ice Guardians is a 2016 feature documentary film directed and written by Brett Harvey about ice hockey enforcers.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The film includes interviews with former National Hockey League players including Hall of Famers Chris Chelios, Jarome Iginla, Bobby Hull and Brett Hull. Other players interviewed include Dave Brown, Kelly Chase, Wendel Clark, Glen Cochrane, Riley Cote, Todd Fedoruk, Nick Fotiu, Mitch Fritz, Luke Gazdic, Clark Gillies, Brett Gallant, Eric Godard, Joey Kocur, Zenon Konopka, Steve MacIntyre, Brian McGrattan, Gino Odjick, Colton Orr, Scott Parker, George Parros, Rob Ray, Dave Schultz, Dave Semenko, Zack Stortini, Rick Tocchet and Kevin Westgarth.[6]
Reception
Ice Guardians was included in Sports Illustrated 's "Best Of Film" in 2016.[7] and Newsweek's "Favorite Documentaries Of 2016".[8] The film was nominated for four "Rosie Awards" in 2017 including "Best Documentary Over 30 minutes"[9] and nominated for two "Leo Awards" including "Best Feature Documentary" and "Best Director".[10] The movie has received mostly positive reviews.[11] [12] [13] [14]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Ice Guardians Clip: Documentary Explores History of the NHL Enforcer. Vikram. Murthi. Indiewire.com. 4 November 2016 . 12 January 2017.
- Web site: Upstream Flix Gets Into Game, Acquires Hockey Enforcer Docu 'Ice Guardians'. Greg. Evans. 21 October 2016. Deadline.com. 12 January 2017.
- Web site: Role of NHL tough guys documented on big screen with premiere of Ice Guardians. Uk.sports.yahoo.com. 12 September 2016 . 12 January 2017.
- Web site: Former NHL tough guy Kelly Chase brings Ice Guardians to Saskatoon. Cbc.ca. 12 January 2017.
- Web site: 'This is part of our culture'; Ice Guardians film shows the role of a hockey enforcer. 18 October 2016. Thestarphoenix.com. 15 January 2017.
- Web site: The Players - Ice Guardians The Movie. IceGuardians.com. 23 November 2017.
- Web site: Best Of Film.
- Web site: Our Favorite Films Of 2016. . 9 December 2016 .
- Web site: Ice Guardians. 8 November 2017. IMDb.com.
- Web site: Leo Awards, Nominees by Name 2017. www.leoawards.com. 8 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170527200921/http://www.leoawards.com/2017/nominees/by_name.php. 27 May 2017. dead.
- News: 'Ice Guardians' brings understanding, humanity to hockey enforcers. The Washington Times. 12 January 2017.
- Web site: Documentary 'Ice Guardians' makes the case for hockey's enforcers. Kevin. Crust. Los Angeles Times. 10 November 2016 . 12 January 2017.
- Web site: Ice Guardians (2016) Review. 26 October 2016. Thatmomentin.com. 12 January 2017.
- Web site: Ice Guardians Glorifies Hockey's 'Enforcers'. Washingtoncitypaper.com. 3 November 2016 . 12 January 2017.